Top 5 articles on Our Lady of Sorrows
On the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, check out our top five articles on the compassion of the Blessed Virgin, and her role as Co-Redemptrix.
On the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, check out our top five articles on the compassion of the Blessed Virgin, and her role as Co-Redemptrix.
Co-Redemptrix
In 2025, the Conciliar/Synodal Church’s ‘Dicastery for the Doctrine of Faith’ released a document which effectively tried to strip the Blessed Virgin Mary of two of her most exalted titles – Co-Redemptrix, and Mediatrix of All Graces.
It told us that:
“It is always inappropriate to use the title ‘Co-redemptrix’ to define Mary’s cooperation.”
And that:
“[T]itles, such as ‘Mediatrix of All Graces,’ have limits that do not favor a correct understanding of Mary’s unique place.”
At that time, some defenders of the Conciliar/Synodal Church and its series of false claimants to the papacy rejoiced at this – evidently being glad to shed themselves of titles that were an embarrassment to the new religion of Vatican II, and its ecumenical overtures to Protestants.
It is ironic that some of these same persons offered far-fetched excuses for Leo XIV, following the revelation that he had, as Fr Prevost, participated in a “Rite of Pachamama.
The defences offered by such persons lead us to believe that, in the Conciliar/Synodal religion, it is never inappropriate to worship Pachamama.
But let us leave them to their rationalisations. In honour of the feast of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows, we are presenting a curated selection of our favourite five articles or series on Our Lady as the Sorrowful Mother, which is the chief grounds on which she is called Co-Redemptrix and Mediatrix of All Graces.
Top Five Our Lady of Sorrows Articles
1. Preparing for Total Consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary Series
A 33-day preparation according to the method of St Louis de Montfort, drawing on the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius Loyola.
In reparation for the outrage of Mater Populi Fidelis, The WM Review launched a 33-day preparation for total consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary, according to the method of St Louis de Montfort.
The document in question effectively outlawed St Louis de Montfort’s spirituality, in spite of its secure position in Catholic life.
The link below will take you to an index of all the parts, as well as an explanation of the devotion, answers to objections, and glowing testimonials:
Preparing for Total Consecration to the Blessed Virgin Mary – The WM Review’s series
The series drew significantly on St Ignatius’ spiritual exercises – a comprehensive initiation into, or renewal of, the Catholic spiritual life. Two parts that directly deal with Our Lady as Co-Redemptrix are here:
2: Our Lady’s consent to Christ’s sacrifice
Our Lady was not like any other bereaved mother: her sufferings were not only greater, but different in kind.
In this article, we produced the reflections of sixteenth century Jesuit Fr Luis de la Palma SJ, drawn from The History of the Sacred Passion.
It considers the sorrow of Our Lady on receiving the body of her Son from the Cross. But far from portraying her simply as a mourning mother, de la Palma presents her sorrow as that of one who had consciously and lovingly consented to her Son’s redeeming sacrifice, and offered it, with him, to the Eternal Father.
3: Why awe is the right response to Our Lady of Sorrows
The notion of Our Lady of Sorrows is about much more than having pity on the Mother of God.
As mentioned above, many meditations on Our Lady of Sorrows emphasise the suffering she endured at the foot of the Cross. It can sometimes feel like our reflections stop there.
But in fact, the sorrows of Our Lady should inspire not just pity, but awe – and awe based not just on the profundity of these sorrows, but also on her consent and even agreement to the Passion of her son.
The image to which many spiritual writers return is that of the mother of the seven holy Machbees. She suffered her own “martyrdom” with courage, encouraging her seven sons and consenting to their deaths in uniformity with God’s will. Her courage prompts important questions about Our Lady at the foot of the Cross – addressed in this article.
4: ‘Co-Redemptrix’ – The testimony of Popes, Saints and Theologians
Our Lady is ‘Co-Redemptrix,’ and the fact that this term needs explanation and qualification is no more argument against it than against that of ‘Mother of God.’
In this follow-up to the previous article, we considered how these truths are presented by the teaching of the magisterium and many other great theologians:
5: Fr Coleridge on the Compassion of Our Lady
In modern parlance, “compassion” is taken to mean a kind of pity.
But in reference to Our Lady, it should be taken more in the sense of a com-passion – a suffering with Our Lady.
This article leads to Fr Coleridge’s treatment of what Our Lady experienced and did at the foot of the Cross – explained as only Fr Coleridge can.
Here are the two parts:
How Mary united both perfect sorrow and peace during the Passion
How Our Lady consented to and ‘co-offered’ Christ’s sacrifice
Finally, here are the mugs we created at the time:
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